also provided with daily transportation to www.cqsb.qc.ca Benefits and from the school. Click on the link for “Careers.” As with all of the schools in the Central More information can also be found on the Québec School Board, our teachers are automatically enrolled in the Québec CQSB website and, among others, on social media for JSMS and the Naskapi community Provincial Association of Teachers (QPAT). As members of the union, teachers are of Kawawachikamach. entitled to, among other benefits, medical insurance for themselves, a spouse and dependants and have access to the employee assistance program. Teachers at JSMS are also entitled to a Northern Allowance for themselves, a spouse and dependants. Jimmy Sandy Memorial School In addition, teachers hired from outside of the community have reasonable moving expenses reimbursed and also receive a travel allowance for themselves, a spouse and dependants. The school board also offers teachers subsidized housing in nearby Schefferville. When available, teachers are Kawawachikamach, Québec Interested candidates can find our job postings at numerous sites, including: Built in 1985, the school has undergone structures. In grade 3 students begin to several major renovations in the intervening receive Naskapi language arts classes and years. Today, JSMS offers classes from then in grade 5 they also begin FSL. Pre-Kindergarten to Secondary 5 with a student body that remains around 250. In As the school is at the heart of the addition to those students who come to the community, JSMS staff often participate in school from Kawawa, the school also has community events and cultural activities, students from Schefferville, which is about and examples can be found on social media 15 km away. and websites for the community and the school. JSMS is unique in that it is a special status school, the Naskapi Nation having signed What to expect the Northeastern Québec Agreement (NEQA) with the Province of Québec. Under Weather: In the summer months the the NEQA, the Central Québec School Board temperature can reach 30˚C while the (CQSB) is responsible for the school’s temperature in the winter can reach the administration. A dynamic and high -60˚C with the wind chill. performing school board, CQSB shares its pedagogic and other resources with JSMS. Travel: There are no roads that connect Schefferville and Kawawa to the rest of Many of the students that come to us from Canada. However, there is a passenger and Kawawa speak Naskapi as their mother cargo train that connects the two Jimmy Sandy Memorial School (JSMS) tongue and English as a second language. communities to Sept-Îles. Air Inuit also provides quality educational services to the Students from Schefferville, Matimekush provides regular service from Montréal, Naskapi community of Kawawachikamach. and Lac John generally speak Innu as a Québec and Sept-Îles. mother tongue and French as a second language, in which case JSMS offers them Entertainment: The communities offer an opportunity to learn Naskapi and many outdoor experiences, ranging from English. blueberry and Labrador Tea picking to fishing and hunting. The hilly terrain is great Instruction from Pre-K to grade 2 is for hiking and snowshoeing and offers conducted in Naskapi. As our unparalleled snowmobiling. students begin English instruction in grade 3, we require students to attend an extra Given the remote location and small year, grade 3E, as a means of building population, the communities do not have fundamental vocabulary and language chain restaurants or facilities like movie theaters or bowling, etc., although good food can be had at such places as the sports centre in Kawawa. Also, the Naskapi Recreation Facility has a swimming pool, café, exercise equipment, etc. There is also a variety of activities going on in the communities, including local hockey, bingo, carnival, pow wows, etc. Currently there is satellite internet service and in summer 2019, the installation of fiber optics is expected to be completed. .